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Ethnic Identity, Social Mobility and the Role of Soulmates

Based on a study among higher-educated adult children of lower-class Turkish and Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands, this open access book explores processes of identification among social climbers with ethnic minority backgrounds. Using both survey data and open interviews with these ‘minority...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Slootman, Marieke
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:IMISCOE Research Series
Subjects:
Social Inequality
Sociology Of Citizenship
Research Methodology
Emigration And Immigration
Ethnicity
Citizenship—sociological Aspects
Social Structure, Social Inequality
Migration
Sociology—research
Social Structure
Ethnicity Studies
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Ethnic-Minority Climbers. Winning the Golden Calf
  • 2. Studying Ethnic Identification. Tools and Theories
  • 3. A Mixed-Methods Approach
  • 4. The Dutch Integration Landscape
  • 5. Self-identifications Explored. ‘Am I Dutch? Yes. Am I Moroccan? Yes’
  • 6. Identifications in Social Contexts. ‘I am… who I am
  • 7. Trajectories of Reinvention. Soulmates and a ‘Minority Culture of Mobility’
  • 8. Ethnic Identity and Social Mobility. Wrapping up
  • Appendix A: Interview Guide
  • Appendix B: Table Chapter 4
  • Appendix C: Tables Chapter 5

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